"When the game is on the line, I need to be on the court. That's what I get paid to do." "Hopefully, that won't happen too often."

D'Antoni said he sat Gasol at the end of the game because he was tired, telling the LA Times, "I'm happy for Pau, it's his first time back, the first five-eight minutes of each half he was really good, then he kind of went downhill when he got tired."